Real estate debt deals rocket in Europe

By only mid-May the market has already posted its second-best year on record

European property companies continue to hand bond bankers big business in 2018, with a bumper first quarter turning into what is now one of the best years for the market on record.

Bonds priced by real estate companies in Europe so far this year total more than $34bn, according to data provider Dealogic. That means 2018 is already the second-biggest year ever for such deals, surpassed only by last year’s record $61.4bn.